Opinion
No. 741 CAP
10-15-2020
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee v. CRAIG MURPHY, Appellant
Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence imposed November 1, 1990 and re-imposed February 24, 1993, in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Criminal Division at No. CP-51-CR-0126101-1984. (Nunc Pro Tunc rights reinstated on May 3, 2017.) ORDER PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 15th day of October, 2020, the appeal is QUASHED. See Commonwealth v. Reid, 235 A.3d 1124 (Pa. 2020) (quashing serial appeal after concluding Williams v. Pennsylvania, ___ U.S. ___, 136 S.Ct. 1899 (2016), does not provide exception to timeliness requirements of Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§9541-9546, and thus PCRA court lacked jurisdiction to reinstate appellate rights nunc pro tunc). Appellant's "Application for Leave to File Post-Submission Communication" is GRANTED. Appellant's "Application for Leave to File Supplemental Briefing Addressing the Jurisdiction of the Court in Light of [Reid]" is DENIED.
Justice Donohue files a concurring statement.
Justice Wecht files a concurring statement.